NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is in Kabul on an unannounced trip to visit troops and meet with the country's new leaders, Fox News reported on Thursday.
Stoltenberg, who took over as the head of the Western alliance on October 1, visited a training center for Afghan special forces, where he told Afghan troops that NATO will continue its support once its combat forces withdraw at the end of the year.
A residual force of up to 12,000 U.S. and NATO forces will remain to provide training and backup for Afghan forces.